New Beergarden from NRG Soft Opens in Dupont/West End – About the Bathrooms…

“Oh and for those who asked, no there are no bathrooms. It’s literally just that outside patio. I think if you walk down around the corner you can go into the office building and use their’s but I’m not certain.

Ed. Note: A commenter writes: “They do have a bathroom- literally half a block away. You had to walk down 21st Street past the gift shop, go through the glass double doors on the right, down the stairs, follow the hallway, 2nd or 3rd door on the left. “Breaking the seal” is a major commitment.“

And no way to run a tab, single transactions only. $9 for the hot dog, $10 for the pulled pork”

You should go, if for no other reason than to realize that the St Gregory is a potentially cheaper alternative, Rasika is right across the street, the Renaissance Hotel right around the corner also serves drinks and has really nice bathrooms, and that the Westens Bistro/Ritz is only a block away too.

-Beers were $7-10 for a 12 oz solo cup. They were tasty and the selection was esoteric (not sure I had seen any of them before), but the cheapest was $7 and you’re drinking out of a small plastic keg cup.

-They do have a bathroom- literally half a block away. You had to walk down 21st Street past the gift shop, go through the glass double doors on the right, down the stairs, follow the hallway, 2nd or 3rd door on the left. “Breaking the seal” is a major commitment.

-It’s Red Apron so I’m guessing the “$9 hot dog” was one of their mortadella dogs. I think Nathan Anda was there yesterday?

It wasn’t terrible, the environment was decent, staff were friendly, and the beer was good but the prices (two beers and something to eat will be $25-30 easily) coupled with the bathroom situation doesn’t have me hustling to return.

This triangular patio area used to be a a large stairway down to an underground nightclub called the The Dome (formerly the Cellar, and before that Bojangles). I guess the underground area has been re-purposed either as office space or a parking garage under the Social Security offices.